MOSCOW, October 16. /TASS/. Russian and Syrian troops conducted a special operation in the Arab country’s south, killing 20 militants, including the organizers of the terrorist attack on a bus of the Syrian forces, Head of Russia's Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides in Syria Major General Oleg Yegorov said on Sunday.

The special operation took place in the Daraa province and targeted Islamic State (banned in Russia) militants that were involved in the terrorist attack on a Syrian military bus that killed 19 people and wounded another 22, the major general said at a news conference.

He said Syrian forces supported by aircraft killed 20 militants including four organizers of the terrorist attack.